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A word in season to this present generation, or, A sober and serious discourse…
A word in season to this present generation, or, A sober and serious discourse about the favourable, signal and eminent presence of the Lord with his people in their greatest troubles, deepest distresses, and most deadly dangers : with the resolution of several questions, concerning the divine presence, as also the reasons and improvements of this great and glorious truth ... / by Thomas Brooks ...A word in season to this present generation, or, A sober and serious discourse about the favorable, signal and eminent presence of the Lord with his people in their greatest troubles, deepest distresses, and most deadly dangers : with the resolution of several questions, concerning the divine presence, as also the reasons and improvements of this great and glorious truth ... / by Thomas Brooks ...
London: printed for Dorman Newman, 1675
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Tenthly and lastly, will the Lord be signally present 1with his People in their greatest troubles, deepest distresses, and most deadly dangers; then let the People of the Lord be very thankful for his presence with them in their greatest troubles, &c. O Sirs, this Divine presence is 2a great mercy! It is a peculiar mercy, it is a distinguishing mercy, it is a big-bellied mercy, it is a mercy that hath many mercies in the womb of it, it is a mercy greatening mercy, it greatens all the mercies we do enjoy, it is a mercy sweetening mercy; it sweetens health, strength, riches, honours, trade, relations, liberty, &c. It is a soul mercy, a mercy that reaches the soul, that cheers the soul, that lifts up the soul, that quiets the ⟨p. 161⟩soul, that satisfies the soul, & that will go to Heaven with the soul: And will you not be thankful for such a mercy? will you be thankful for temporal mercies, and will 3you not be thankful for spiritual mercies? will you be thankful for left-handed mercies, and will you not be thankful for right-handed mercies? will you be thankful for the mercies of the foot-stool, and will you not be thankful for the mercies of the Throne? will you be thankful for the mercies of this lower world, and will you not be thankful for the mercies of the upper world? 4To enjoy the presence of God when we most need it, is a mercy that deserves perpetual praises. O it is infinite mercy not to be left alone in a day of trouble. 'Tis very 5uncomfortable to be left alone. [Woe to him that is alone.] If a man fall, and be left alone, who shall help him up? If a man be in danger and alone, how miserable is his case! But this is the support and comfort of a Christian 6in all his distresses, that he is never left alone, but his God is with him when he is at the lowest ebb: for God to afford us the presence of our Friends in a day of trouble, is a very great mercy. But what is it then, to enjoy the presence of God in a day of trouble? what is the presence of a Friend, a Favourite in a day of distress, to the presence of a Prince? yea, what is the presence of an Angel, to the presence of God in an evil day? To enjoy the presence of God in an afflicted condition; is a more transcendent mercy, than to enjoy the presence of twelve legions of Angels in an afflicted condition.